HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS As of: May 20, 2018 Count = 1,110 * Commencement Speaker Recipient Year Name Degree Awarded Aaron, Henry L. "Hank" Doctor of Public Service D.P.S. 2000 Abbott, Lawrence W. Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1948 Abelson, Philip H. * Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1976 Adams , Frank Dawson Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1914 Adams, Charles F. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1984 Adams, Herbert Master of Arts A.M. 1927 Adams, John Coleman Doctor of Sacred Theology S.T.D. 1888 Adams, Leason Heberling Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1941 Addams, Jane Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1926 Adulyadej, Bhuminol Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1984 Agnew, Arthur Linden Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1932 Ahern, Michael Joseph Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1942 Akiba, Tadatoshi Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 2005 Albion, James Francis Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1903 Albright, Madeleine * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 2015 Aldrich, Henry Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1956 Aldrich, Nelson W. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1956 Allen, Frank Gilman * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1929 Allen, Thomas Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1894 Ames , Bruce N. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1987 Anderson, Arthur Julius Master of Arts A.M. 1943 Anderson, T.J. Doctor of Music D.Mus. 2007 Andrés, José Doctor of Public Service D.P.S. 2018 Andrews, Arthur Lynn Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1926 Angelou, Maya Doctor of Fine Arts D.F.A. 1985 Anthony, Gardner Chace Master of Arts A.M. 1889 Anthony, Gardner Chace Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1905 Armstrong, Neil Doctor of Engineering D.Eng 2004 Arnold, Samuel Tomlinson * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1950 Arnold, Sarah Louise Master of Arts A.M. 1902 Ashton, Taber Master of Arts A.M. 1922 Atwood, Byron T. Bachelor of Science B.S. 1954 Atwood, Isaac Morgan Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1879 Averill, George Goodwin Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1941 Averill, Harvey Eastman Master in Business Administration M.B.A. 1955 Azaria, Hank * doctor of humane letters L.H.D. 2016 Babcock, Stephen Moulton Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1901 Bacow, Lawrence S. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 2012 Baker, Everett Moore Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1938 Baker, William O. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1981 Balchen, Col. Bernt Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1953 Baldwin, Hanson W. Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1957 Ballard , Robert D. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1990 Ballou, Latimer Whipple Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1887 Barnard, George Grey Master of Arts A.M. 1932 2018-05-20_honorary_degrees_alpha 1 * Commencement Speaker Recipient Year Barnes, Margaret Ayer Master of Arts A.M. 1931 Barnes, Thomas Henry Master of Arts A.M. 1905 Barney, Charles Neal Master of Arts A.M. 1909 Baronian, John Doctor of Commerce D.Com.Sc. 1997 Barris, Kenya * Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 2017 Barry , John Stetson Master of Arts A.M. 1861 Bartels, Elmer C. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1978 Barth, Joseph N. Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1962 Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1997 Bartlett, Ruhl J. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1975 Bartley, Suzin Doctor of Public Service D.P.S. 2015 Bassler, Bonnie Doctor of Science D.S. 2012 Baulieu, Etienne-Emile Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1991 Baum, Bruce J. DMD, Ph.D. Doctor of Science D.S. 2017 Baxter, George Lewis Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1905 Beane, Fred Emery Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1925 Becker, Edward Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1994 Beckwith, Walter Parker Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. 1896 Beebe, William Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1928 Belafonte, Harry Doctor of Arts ArtsD 1991 Bellotti, Francis X. * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1979 Bennett, Alvin James Bachelor of Science B.S. 1955 Bennett, Mason E. Bachelor of Science B.S. 1963 Benson, Frank Weston Master of Arts A.M. 1930 Benton, Herbert Elmon Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1924 Berger, Louis Doctor of Science D.Sc. 1965 Berry, George Packer Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1952 Bertolucci, Bernardo Doctor of Arts ArtsD 1989 Biddle, Charles Wesley Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1886 Biewend, Cameron Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1977 Billings, Asa White Kenney Electrical Engineer E.E. 1929 Billings, John Davis Master of Arts A.M. 1891 Bisbee, Fred Adelbert Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1897 Bissell, Flint Mandrin Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1927 Black, Eugene R. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1960 Black, S. Bruce Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1957 Blackmun, Harry N. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1987 Blair, Arthur Adolphus Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1939 Blake, Dr. John T. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1956 Blakesley, Robert Ira Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1950 Blanchard, Henry Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1890 Bliss, Raymond Whitcomb Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1943 Bloomberg, Michael R. * Doctor of Public Service D.P.S. 2007 Boheman, Erik Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1952 Bok, Edward William Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1923 Bolles, Edwin Cortlandt Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1880 Boorstin, Daniel J. Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1986 Booth, Evangeline Cory Master of Arts A.M. 1921 Borlaug, Norman E. Doctor of Agriculture D.Agr. 1982 Boutwell, George Sewall Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1902 Bowen, Louise DeKoven Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1926 Bowers, Claude Gernade Master of Arts A.M. 1926 Bowker, John G. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1958 Boyd, John A.1 Bachelor of Science (out of course) B.S. (extra ordinem) 1961 2018-05-20_honorary_degrees_alpha 2 * Commencement Speaker Recipient Year Boyden, Frank Learoyd Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1947 Brademas, John Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1976 Bradford, Robert Fiske Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1947 Bradlee, Caleb Davis Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1891 Bradley, Asa Mayyo Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1934 Bragg, Henry Willard Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1905 Braley, Henry King Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1922 Branigan, Edward Walter Master of Arts A.M. 1905 Bratenas, Paul G.1 Bachelor of Science (out of course) B.S. (extra ordinem) 1961 Brazelton, T. Berry Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1994 Brickman, David Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1960 Brimmer, Andrew F. Doctor of Science Laws D.J.S. 1970 Broers, Alec Doctor of Science D.Sc. 2007 Bronk, Detley W. Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1951 Brooks, Elbridge Streeter Master of Arts A.M. 1887 Brooks, Eldridge Gerry Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1867 Brooks, Lawrence G. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1966 Brooks, Van Wyck * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1937 Brown, Benjamin Graves Master of Arts A.M. 1865 Brown, John Nichols * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1948 Brown, Lester R. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1985 Brown, Moses True Master of Arts A.M. 1867 Brown, Robert Calthorp Master of Arts A.M. 1919 Brownell, Samual Miller * Doctor of Education D.Ed 1954 Bruce, Mary Stone Master of Arts A.M. 1915 Brudevold, Finn Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1985 Buck, Paul Herman Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1946 Bumpus, Hermon Carey Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1905 Bunting, Mary I. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1961 Burbank, Luther Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1905 Burden, Harry Poole Doctor of Engineering D.Eng 1953 Burgin, Frederick Frothingham Master of Arts A.M. 1897 Burke, Arleigh Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1960 Burke, David W. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 2009 Burritt, Henry Way Master of Arts A.M. 1940 Burton, Marion LeRoy Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1911 Busfield, Theodore Elmer Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1902 Bush, Edith Linwood Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1942 Bush, J. N. Douglas Doctor of Letters Litt.D. 1952 Bush, Richard Perry Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1905 Bush, Vannevar Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1932 Byrd, Richard Evelyn Master of Science M.S. 1927 Cabot, Henry B. Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1967 Cabot, John Moors * Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1956 Cabot, Thomas D. * Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1951 Caldwell, Sarah * Doctor of Music D.Mus. 1981 Callender, Brig. Gen. George R. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1954 Callow, Allan D. Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1987 Calloway, Doris Howes Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1992 Canada, Geoffrey Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 2011 Canfield, Harry Lee Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1931 Canham, Erwin D. * Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1958 Capeless, Robert T. Bachelor of Arts B.A. 1951 Capen, Samuel Doctor of Humane Letters L.H.D. 1921 2018-05-20_honorary_degrees_alpha 3 * Commencement Speaker Recipient Year Caputo, Dante Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1989 Carlos I, Prince Don Juan Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1990 Carmichael, Leonard Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1937 Carpenter, John Estlin Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1904 Carroll, Sean B., Ph.D. Doctor of Science D.S. 2017 Carter, Ashton “Ash” Doctor of Laws LL.D. 2018 Carter, Louis Hayward Master of Science M.S. 1932 Carty, John Joseph Doctor of Science Sc.D. 1919 Carvill, Alphonso Holland Master of Arts A.M. 1922 Case, Harold C. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1955 Cassidy, Clarence S. Master in Business Administration M.B.A. 1956 Caswell, Hollis L. Doctor of Laws LL.D. 1955 Cate, Isaac Wallace Doctor of Divinity D.D. 1905 Chadwick, Charles Sturgis Master of Arts A.M. 1950 Chadwick, George Whitefield Doctor of Laws LL.D.